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Install and Configure a JDBC Driver

Download and install a SQL Server JDBC driver to use in this tutorial; then make the driver available to the Apache Tomcat application server.

Install a JDBC Driver

As this tutorial uses SQL Server, you need a SQL Server-compatible JDBC driver. Download the Microsoft JDBC SQL Server 4.0 driver using this link, and install it using the Install Instructions on the download page:

Download JDBC Drivers

The name of the driver file is sqljdbc4.jar. Be sure to take note of the location of this file after installing it.

Copy the JDBC Driver to Tomcat

To run your application, the Tomcat application server must find an SQL Server JDBC driver file in the Apache Tomcat installation lib subdirectory. To ensure that Tomcat finds the file there, copy the installed sqljdbc4.jar file to the lib subdirectory of your Apache Tomcat installation.